And he shallfleeunto one of thosecities, and shallstand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of thatcity; and theyshalltake him into the cityuntothem, and give him a place, that he may dwellamongthem.

And he shalldwell in thatcity, until he standbefore the congregation for judgment, until the death of the highpriestthatshall be in thosedays;then may the manslayerreturn, and comeunto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the cityfromwhence he fled."

And beyond the Jordan at Jerichoeastward, theyassignedBezer in the wilderness in the table-land out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

Thesewere the appointedcities for all the children of Israel, and for the strangerthatsojournethamongthem, thatwhosoeverkilleth any personthrougherrormightfleethither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stoodbefore the congregation.